September 26, 2014 | Author: Joy

At the start of The Amazing Race 25, teams were informed that the winner of this first leg would be awarded the new Save prize, giving them a chance to avoid elimination if they are in last place on any elimination leg. Their first task was to head to the location of the finish line of the first season of The Amazing Race, leaving them to ask the crowd to find out it referred to the Unisphere in Flushing Meadows, Queens. The clue at the Unisphere directed teams to their first location: Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands; only five teams would be allowed to check in for the first of two flights to Saint Thomas, with a second flight leaving 40 minutes later. Upon heading into the city of Charlotte Amalie’s Vendors Plaza, teams signed up for one of six chartered flights in a seaplane to Lovango Cay, each leaving at different times. At Lovango Cay, teams took a boat out to Carval Rock where they climbed up and along its length. At the end of Carval Rock, teams jumped into the water and swam to a series of floating bottles that held their next clue. This clue directed them back to the boat Blackbeard’s Revenge (a replica of Blackbeard’s flagship the Queen Anne’s Revenge) where a Blackbeard impersonator gave them their next clue, before kicking them off of his ship. The clue directed teams to use a series of rowboats connected by ropeways to pull themselves to shore where they would find their next clue, the Roadblock. One team member had to pick out a set of directions with a particular starting landmark on the beach (an anchor, a set of barrels, a ship’s bell, and a ship’s wheel), a traditional liquid compass, and a shovel that had markings for exactly 1 yard (0.91 m) to search the beach for a treasure chest buried in the sand that held their next clue. Teams were not told that the direction facing them on the liquid compass was the direction they were facing, leading many to search the wrong area of the beach until they discovered the mistake. Teams then traveled to the Pit Stop located at historic Fort Christian.

Three teams could not complete Roadblock and chose to take the 4 hour penalty resulting in a race to the Pit Stop. The three teams racing to the Pit Stop were Michael & Scott, Keith & Whitney and Lisa & Michelle with Lisa and Michelle being eliminated.

Posted in Season 25

September 25, 2014 | Author: Joy

The new season will feature 11 new teams.

The teams are:
Adam and Bethany
Amy and Maya
Brooke and Robbie
Dennis and Isabelle
Keith and Whitney
Kym and Alli
Lisa and Michelle
Michael and Scott
Misti and Jim
Shelley and Nici
Tim and Te Jay

Posted in Season 25